The Rundown -- March 3

# Edward Lucas cites Brian Whitmore's piece on "hybrid" terror in Russia

# Christiane Amanpour on CNN uses RFE/RL footage of Nadia Savchenko

# Novaya Gazeta speaks to badly injured Russian conscript who explains how he was sent to Ukraine

# Eighteen cameras were by where Nemtsov was shot, but none seem to have captured it
# How much more economic pain can Putin take?

# "Blood Near the Kremlin: Russia's Media Fight Back" - Elizabeth Piper, Reuters

# On the mysterious New York Observer writer smearing the Kremlin's enemies

# UN says more than 6,000 have died in Ukraine conflict

# Charline Hebdo takes on pro-Russian separatists

# Russia restores access for Moldovan apples

# Iraq launches attack to retake Tikrit

# IS reportedly loses more than 20 villages in Syria

# IS threatens Twitter founder and employees

# U.S. general: IS losing in Iraq, but not sure if Baghdad is ready to win

# Obama says Iran must halt nuclear work for at least a decade

# U.S. journalist allowed to hire lawyer after seven months in Iran jail

# "The Strategic Genius of Iran’s Supreme Leader" - Ray Takeyh, Washington Post

# Iranian airline passengers are mad

Afghanistan/Pakistan

# Debate in Armenia swirls over how to take care of disabled babies